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The Nashville Mess
by Paul on 06/29/07 at 03:33 PM ET
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from Jim Kelley at Sportsnet,
Once it became apparent that Balsillie’s hugely inflated purchase price (one that apparently included sending some $18 million that could reasonably be assumed to be Leipold’s cut of an upcoming expansion pie, wasn’t going to be enough to convince Bettman to roll over and allow Balsillie to put the team where he wanted, who is ultimately responsible for the decisions that may well have gutted the franchise?
Add to that, what does it mean for the future sale of the team?
It is fair to say that an NHL team without Forsberg, Kariya, Timonen, Hartnell and Vokoun simply is not as desirable a property as a team with them, but does that hold true if you’re eventually looking to keep fans in Nashville from buying in excess of 14,000 season tickets next season? Clearly if you want out of Nashville, you don’t want the fans to embrace your team.
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It seems kinda of stupid to not let Balsillie buy the team. Didn’t Hamilton sell 14,000 season tickets in a couple of days even though they didn’t have an NHL team yet? Even though I would have loved Balsillie to move it to Winnipeg, I don’t even want the team anymore. How can I embrace a team that doesn’t have many big name players anymore? Sure, sell the team to someone from KC or Vegas, I can still see the crash and burn. Canada is where an NHL team can flourish, even if they play terribly (Maple leafs anyone?
jk). I’ve been a defender of Bettman for the rule changes and for salary cap but this is getting dumb.
Posted by Matt Fry from Winnipeg on 06/29/07 at 02:53 PM ET